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“…and found out from the program that they were expecting the 100. Oops…”

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“I haven’t got a clue what’s going on. It’s like that time we arrived in Elora to play the Schubert 99 and found out from the program that they were expecting the 100. Oops. Moment of panic colored by comedy.”

Chapter 3: A new boy arrives

NOTE: This one is a three-fer. The first two videos show the two Schubert pieces Imogen refers to – but the final video shows the real-life incident that resembles this memory of Imogen’s.

The Eben Trio plays Franz Schubert: Trio Nr. 1 B-flat major Schubert 99: Watch here.

Trio Wanderer plays the Andante con moto from the Schubert Piano Trio 100: Watch here.

And finally, here’s the real-life incident that inspired this scene. Watch what happens when pianist Maria Joao Pires expects a different concerto…

 

 

“…the delicately ascending lark”

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“…while upstairs my mother turned up the recordings of Elgar, Finzi, and Vaughan Williams that were her drug of choice. I would try to settle in the kitchen with my homework or my drawing spread out on the table. The air was saturated with competing choruses—“Pass the puck, you moron!” versus the delicately ascending lark…”

Chapter 4: More about the new boy

Watch here as Hilary Hahn plays Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “The Lark Ascending.”

“…listening to the second movement of the Fifth and desperately hanging on…”

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“In fact, there’s so much buzzing, I have to know what, why. It’s like listening to the second movement of the Fifth and desperately hanging on for the andante con moto to end and the allegro to begin.”

Chapter 4: More about the new boy

NOTE: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, in case you weren’t sure. Imogen is talking about the suspense of waiting for what comes next and thinking it’s going to be good…

Moving from the second movement (andante con moto) to the third (allegro) – with some cool graphics along for the ride. Here’s the second movement:

Listen and watch here.

And on to the third movement…

Listen and watch here.